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Cost of advice to the council

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Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would be grateful to receive the following information:

a) The total amount paid by the authority to Total Rewards Project Ltd. for its October 2011 report on Senior Pay Review

b) The total cost to the authority for the services of Mr Tim Kerr QC for his legal advice on the Legality of Pay Supplement Policy dated 2nd September 2013.

c) The total cost to the authority for the services of Mr Tim Kerr QC for his legal advice on the Power to Indemnify dated 27th November 2013

d) The total cost to the authority for Mr Tim Kerr QC for his attendance at the extraordinary meeting of the council on 27th February 2014 – this should include all charges to the authority including any hotel and travel expenses.

Many thanks in advance for your cooperation.

Regards,
Carl Harris

Office of Jonathan Edwards MP and Rhodri Glyn Thomas AM

FOIA, Carmarthenshire County Council

Dear Mr. Harris,

Thank you for your request for information, which was received on 28th February, 2014 and is being dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

We are therefore required to provide you with a response within 20 working days, which will be on or before 28th March, 2014.

If we require any clarification or further details, we will contact you as soon as possible - if this is the case, then the timescale for response specified above may be subject to change.

In the meantime, if you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me, remembering to quote the reference number provided above in any communications.

Yours sincerely

John Tillman
Swyddog Gwybodaeth a Diogelu Data
Adran y Prif Weithredwr
Cyngor Sir Gaerfyrddin

Information & Data Protection Officer
Chief Executive's Department
Carmarthenshire County Council
Mewnol/Internal: 4127
Allanol/External: 01267 224127

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FOIA, Carmarthenshire County Council

Dear Mr Harris,

I refer to your request for information, which was received on 28th February, 2014 and has been dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

I will respond to your request in the order it was presented using numbered points as headings for ease of reference.

"1. The total amount paid by the authority to Total Rewards Project Ltd. for its October 2011 report on Senior Pay Review"

TRP for their report = £2,280.

"2. The total cost to the authority for the services of Mr Tim Kerr QC for his legal advice on the Legality of Pay Supplement Policy dated 2nd September 2013."

Tim Kerr’s 2013 Advice on the pay supplement policy = £11,935.

"3. The total cost to the authority for the services of Mr Tim Kerr QC for his legal advice on the Power to Indemnify dated 27th November 2013"

Tim Kerr’s 2013 Advice on indemnities = £3,600.

"4. The total cost to the authority for Mr Tim Kerr QC for his attendance at the extraordinary meeting of the council on 27th February 2014 – this should include all charges to the authority including any hotel and travel expenses."

The Council does not hold any information relevant to this part of your request as it has not as yet been billed.

Yours sincerely

John Tillman
Swyddog Gwybodaeth a Diogelu Data
Adran y Prif Weithredwr
Cyngor Sir Gaerfyrddin

Information & Data Protection Officer
Chief Executive's Department
Carmarthenshire County Council

Mewnol/Internal: 4127
Allanol/External: 01267 224127

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Dear Mr Tillman,

Further to this request and the partial response you had kindly provided, are you now in a position to confirm whether part 4 of my request can now be answered please?

For ease of reference, I requested information on:

"The total cost to the authority for Mr Tim Kerr QC for his attendance at the extraordinary meeting of the council on 27th February 2014 - this should include all charges to the authority including any hotel and travel expenses."

Thank you in advance of your assistance.

Yours sincerely,

Carl Harris

FOIA, Carmarthenshire County Council

Dear Mr. Harris,

Thank you for your request for information, which was received on 9th July, 2014 and is being dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000/Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

We are therefore required to provide you with a response within 20 working days, which will be on or before 6th August, 2014.

If we require any clarification or further details, we will contact you as soon as possible - if this is the case, then the timescale for response specified above may be subject to change.

In the meantime, if you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me, remembering to quote the reference number provided above in any communications.

Yours sincerely

John Tillman
Swyddog Gwybodaeth a Diogelu Data
Adran y Prif Weithredwr
Cyngor Sir Gaerfyrddin

Information & Data Protection Officer
Chief Executive's Department
Carmarthenshire County Council
Mewnol/Internal: 4127
Allanol/External: 01267 224127

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Dear Mr Tillman,

Can you please confirm why it is you are treating my correspondence as a new request for information, when it is a follow up to a previous request when you were unable to provide the information.

Yours sincerely,

Carl Harris

FOIA, Carmarthenshire County Council

Dear Mr Harris,

Thank you for your email.

Upon confirming that the information you requested was not held, the Council had fulfilled its obligations under Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. In other words, we had provided the required response and the request had been dealt with.

We cannot hold requests 'open' until information is held and this is not required of us under the above legislation.

However, I would add that even though this is being dealt with as a new request, in practical terms it makes little difference. We would have to go through the same process - contact the relevant business unit, retrieve the information and provide the response.

As stated below, we are dealing with your request however, we will try to provide a response as soon as possible.

Yours sincerely

John Tillman
Swyddog Gwybodaeth a Diogelu Data
Adran y Prif Weithredwr
Cyngor Sir Gaerfyrddin

Information & Data Protection Officer
Chief Executive's Department
Carmarthenshire County Council

Mewnol/Internal: 4127
Allanol/External: 01267 224127

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FOIA, Carmarthenshire County Council

Dear Mr Harris,
I refer to your request for information, which was received on 9^th July,
2014 and has been dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
 
The specific information you requested was as follows:
 
The total cost to the authority for Mr Tim Kerr QC for his attendance at
the extraordinary meeting of the council on 27th February 2014 - this
should include all charges to the authority including any hotel and travel
expenses."
 
In response,
 
£167.80    plus VAT on 26/2/2014  - Hotel and rail fare 
£3,200.00 plus VAT 0n 27/2/2014 - Preparing note for presentation at
Meeting, Attending Conference at Clients offices, Attending and speaking
at meeting, observing meeting at clients office'   
 
Yours sincerely
John Tillman
Swyddog Gwybodaeth a Diogelu Data
Adran y Prif Weithredwr
Cyngor Sir Gaerfyrddin
Information & Data Protection Officer
Chief Executive's Department
Carmarthenshire County Council
Mewnol/Internal: 4127
Allanol/External: 01267 224127
 
 
 
 

Mae'r e-bost hwn ac unrhyw atodiadau yn gyfrinachol ac wedi'u bwriadu at
ddefnydd yr unigolyn y'u cyfeiriwyd ato/ati yn unig. Os derbyniwch y neges
hon trwy gamgymeriad, rhowch wybod i'r sawl a'i hanfonodd ar unwaith,
dilëwch y neges o'ch cyfrifiadur a dinistriwch unrhyw gopïau papur ohoni.
Ni ddylech ddangos yr e-bost i neb arall, na gweithredu ar sail y cynnwys.
Eiddo'r awdur yw unrhyw farn neu safbwyntiau a fynegir, ac nid ydynt o
reidrwydd yn cynrychioli safbwynt y Cyngor. Dylech wirio am firysau eich
hunan cyn agor unrhyw atodiad. Nid ydym yn derbyn unrhyw atebolrwydd am
golled neu niwed a all fod wedi'i achosi gan firysau meddalwedd neu drwy
ryng-gipio'r neges hon neu ymyrryd â hi.

 

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